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Mass storage system with improved usage of buffer capacity

US8285932B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Stefan Abeling · Winsen (Aller), DE
Johann Maas · Langenhagen, DE
Wolfgang Klausberger · Hannover, DE
Thomas Brune · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2008
Grant date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0689
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mass storage system with improved usage of buffer capacity, and more specifically to a mass storage system for real-time data storage with an embedded controller. According to the invention, the mass storage system has a first data path between a real-time data interface and a mass storage array, the first data path including a data buffer without access latency, and a second data path between an embedded processor and the mass storage array, wherein the data buffer without access latency is also used as a data buffer for non real-time data transfers between the embedded processor and the mass storage array.

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